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Archive for July, 2006

don’t blow it out the tailpipe just yet

car exhaust bnw.jpgIt’s official: Spare the Fare Days were a colossal waste of money.

That’s what it would seem from some of the recent reviews of the $13.6 million program to provide the Bay Area with free transit on smoggy weather days.

Photo from www.baaqmd.gov

Judging from one account, buying up old cars would be a far more cost-effective way to fight smog. More effective, that is, than jamming  Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on Monday, July 31st, 2006
Under: Environment, Funding, Transit vs. driving, ferries | 4 Comments »

train wreck, need karma

Posted on Friday, July 28th, 2006
Under: Capitol Corridor (Amtrak), Funding, rail | 1 Comment »

coasting into Amtrak’s twilight

Posted on Thursday, July 27th, 2006
Under: high-speed rail, rail | 1 Comment »

power play across the Bay

Posted on Wednesday, July 26th, 2006
Under: Bay Bridge, Funding, Retrofitting, tolls | No Comments »

transcendental bike path

Posted on Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
Under: Bicycling | No Comments »

Spare the Water Days

Posted on Friday, July 21st, 2006
Under: Funding, ferries | 5 Comments »

notes from an imperfect utopia

Posted on Thursday, July 20th, 2006
Under: Environment, Funding, Safety | 7 Comments »

more terror money for BART?

Posted on Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
Under: BART, Funding, Security | No Comments »

oh, Canada! you’ve let yourself go.

Posted on Tuesday, July 18th, 2006
Under: Environment, Funding, Transit vs. driving | 1 Comment »

paradise regained

Posted on Tuesday, July 18th, 2006
Under: BART, Funding, Transit vs. driving | 2 Comments »